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Article: Live Review

Kurt Elling & Danilo Pérez at Jazz, TX

by Katchie Cartwright
May 29, 2024

Kurt Elling & Danilo Pérez Jazz, TX San Antonio, Texas May 9, 2024 Kurt Elling's presence has a density that generates its own gravitational pull. He plants himself solidly in the moment onstage and draws the audience in. Danilo Pérez is similarly brilliant and focused. He shares Elling's dedication to the ...

Article: Interview

Albert "Tootie" Heath: Class Personified

by R.J. DeLuke
April 13, 2024

This article was first published on All About Jazz on March 9, 2015. Albert “Tootie" Heath is among the drummers who lived--and thrived--during what many call the golden age of jazz, the '40s, '50, early '60s. He's enjoyed the fruits of a varied and historic career, but never stayed put. Just kept working. He ...

Article: Play This!

Remembering Albert 'Tootie' heath

by Ian Patterson
April 13, 2024

Drumming great Albert 'Tootie' Heath played with a who's who of jazz greats, from John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins to Wes Montgomery and Nina Simone. He recorded all too infrequently as a leader, probably because he was so in demand for other people's projects. This clip from the 2014 Chicago Jazz Festival finds Heath in the ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Random Acts of Roach, Knoel Scott, Jimmy Rowles

by David Brown
January 16, 2024

This week, we'll kick off our celebration of the Max Roach Centennial with a weekly set titled Random Acts of Max Roach; the show will also include a pair of tunes featuring saxophonist Knoel Scott of the Sun Ra Arkestra, jazz interpretations of Neil Young songs, and a set showcasing pianist Jimmy Rowles. Welcome friends and ...

Album

Lonely Man and His Fish

By Yelena Eckemoff

Label: L & H Production
Released: 2023
Track listing: CD 1: Lonely Man; Pet Store; First Evening at Home; Breakfast for Two; Man and His Fish; Accident; In Hospital. CD 2: Into the Wild; Life in the Pond; Survivor; Empty House; Song for Spark; Call of Friendship; Dreaming Together.

Album

Carta

By David Virelles

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Uncommon Sense; Confidencial; Lamento Taíno; NYChepinsón; Carta; Tiempos; Island; El Tivolí; Samio.

Album

Bridges

By Kevin Hays

Label: Smoke Sessions Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Butterfly; Capricorn; Song for Peace; With a Little Help From My Friends; Row Row Row; Throughout; Irah; Bridges (Travessia);

Article: Liner Notes

Lage Lund: Idlewild

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 29, 2023

An open and revealing format for any artist, the jazz trio offers rewards on many levels. Left in veracious hands, there is a spacious pocket that can be filled by any number of rhythmic and harmonic ideas, not to mention a freedom in melodic phrases which don't have to be constrained by strict chordal structures. On ...

Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cal Tjader, Atley King, Wayne Shorter & Danny Embrey

by Joe Dimino
November 12, 2023

From a legendary guitarist hailing from Kansas City, we begin the 828th Episode of Neon Jazz with live music from Danny Embrey at the Green Lady Lounge followed by rising star vibraphonist Atley King. We spin new music from Claudia Villa, T.K. Blue, Elmar Frey and the Kevin Hays trio, Ben Street and Billy Hart. We ...

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